I can only access the article which refuses to be copied and pasted. But here is the basic info if anyone can go further. I'm trying to contact others in the team to try to get the whole thing.
Thyroid Vol 32, Number 10, 2022.
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2022.0324
The impact of hypothyroidism on satisfaction with care and treatment and everyday living: results from E-mode patient self-assessment
P Perros, L Hegedius, E Vesekeny Nagy, E Papini, HA Hay, et al
Cases from France, Greece, and the Philippines had intercepts with significant ORs (worse Satisfaction for respondents from France, whereas it was better for Greece and the Philippines than all other countries; Table 3).
In interpreting answers from Greece it is worth remembering that both Levo and T3 can be bought from many pharmacies without prescription. How many people in the country take advantage of this freedom I really don't know. There may be others countries where getting hold of thyroid hormones is a lot easier than in the UK.
I get really annoyed whenever I think about the treatment of diabetics. (I'm jealous, in some ways.) They are prescribed insulin if and when necessary, and they learn how to treat themselves. Insulin is vastly more dangerous than thyroid hormones, whether the patient has too little or too much.
I am able to copy and paste the entire article (minus the tables), but the comments as well as new posts are limited to 7000 characters. Please advise.
Oh - I've just realised. You mean pasting the paper into a reply on HU. Since there is a link to the whole paper I don't think it needs to be copied here too. It would probably break the rules on copyright anyway.
Yes. I know that. It was just the wording of the original post that was a bit obscure. Just reassuring Joyya that she wasn't the only one that misunderstood.
'Contrary to widespread anecdotes in social media, this large-scale survey shows no association between type of treatment for hypothyroidism and patient satisfaction, as well as better outcomes on everyday living associated with LT4, compared with liothyronine-containing treatments.'
Presumably the researchers didn't find any association between type of medication and satisfaction because people on NDT and T3 are underdosed due to the insistence that TSH is kept in range.
Just because the oil that is given as a fix for my faulty car is ok for 90% of other cars even though it doesn't fix my car, I'm expected to accept it as a solution?
It explains why the situation exists, but still isn't acceptable.
Reminds me of taking my car to a mechanic about its brakes not working. I got exactly the same response as thyroid patients get from doctors, refusal to believe there is a problem. The mechanic turned round to my husband and said 'would you like to try it sir?' Implying that i didn't know my own car and what I was talking about.
And yes in that case we had to take it to another mechanic to get it fixed.
OMG! Really? That mechanic would have been treated to my finest “Paddington Stare” before being dismissed with every ounce of condescension I could have mustered! 🤯
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